Bulletin No. 1, 2010

Three Silvers in Friendship Games T he fifth University Friendship Games, a sporting event organized by CUHK jointly with Peking University and the University of Taiwan, took place this year from 27 to 31 October 2009 at the Sports Centre of Peking University. The CUHK teams clinched silver in the three competitions, namely, women’s basketball, men’s and women’s badminton, men’s and women’s table tennis. Biochemistry Student Wins Grand Prize in FameLab Contest C heung Ka-lun Anthony, a final year biochemistry student, stormed to victory in the first British Council Fame L ab s ci ence communi c at i on competition held in Hong Kong. He impressed both the judges and the audience with his graphic depiction of the aging process at the final. He had three minutes to convince the judges of his chosen scientific argument—the key roles oxygen and sugar play in both sustaining life and causing aging—and was judged best on the basis of the content, clarity and charisma of his presentation. Anthony beat nine other finalists to bring home the grand prize and was voted the ‘Audience Choice’. Nursing Student Wins Individual Cross Country Championship T he 23rd Annual Cross Country Meet of the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong was held on 1 November 2009 on CUHK campus. A total of 173 athletes from 11 institutions participated in the event. Miss Yiu Kit-ching, a Year 3 nursing student, won the women’s individual championship for the second year. The Best and the Brightest  35